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Study examines liver transplantation after drug induced acute liver failure
Published in Blood Weekly, July 30th, 2009
Liver transplantation offers a good chance for survival for patients with drug induced acute liver failure, however, certain pre-transplant factors are associated with worse outcomes. Patients who are on life support, who have elevated serum creatinine, and children whose liver failure was caused by antiepileptic drugs did not fare as well after transplantation. These findings are in the July issue of Liver Transplantation, a journal published by John Wiley & Sons. The article is also available online at Wiley Interscience (www.interscience.wiley.com).
Drug induced acute liver failure is very rare, but can be life-threatening. Acetaminophen is the most common cause,...
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